单词 | water patient |
释义 | > as lemmaswater patient water patient n. now historical a person undergoing a water cure (water cure n. 1). ΚΠ 1842 Penny Satirist 30 Apr. 4/2 However be it the imprudence of the water doctors or the water patients, the cold water system fell into disrepute and disuse. 1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Confess. Water-patient 17 The regular life which water-patients lead. 2004 M. H. Frawley Invalidism & Identity 19th-cent. Brit. ii. 90 Bulwer-Lytton..was not the only water patient to scold traditional physicians for their unwillingness to consider alternative treatments. < as lemmas |
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